American Indian Workshop

Events / Exhibitions / Congresses

2024



every Thursday
4:00 pm MST (UTC -7) / MDT (UTC -6)
24:00h CET/CEST

[virtual]


Webinar Series

Discover Archaeology

Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
Cortez, CO/USA



- September 08


Contemporary Native Art Biennial/La Biennale d’art contemporain autochtone (BACA)

Creation Stories / Récits de la création du monde

Tiohti:áke / Mooniyang / Montréal, Québec/Canada



September 09 - 12


International Committee for Museums and Collections of Ethnography (ICME) Conference

Museums and Change 2024 - Convergence of Voices: A Global Dialogue on Stewardship, Custodianship, and Service

National Museum of Anthropology
Mexico City/México



September 10
3:00-5:00 pm EST (UTC -4)
20:00h – 22:00h CEST

[hybrid]


Graduate Student Event

Graduate Student Reception 2024

Massachusetts Historical Society
Boston, MA/USA



September 12
3:00-4:30 pm EDT (UTC -4)
21:00-22:30h CEST

[virtual]


Indigenous Learning Forum

Remembering from the Heart and Mind: Oceti Sakowin Approaches to Digital Archiving and Website Design

American Philosophical Society Library & Museum
Philadelphia, PA/USA



September 12 - 13

[virtual]


Workshop

New perspectives on displaced colonial archives

Northumbria University, Newcastle/UK & Waseda University, Tokyo/Japan



September 12 - 13


International Conference

Utrecht University
Utecht/The Netherlands



September 12 - January 4


Event & Special Exhibition

Indigenous Chicago

The Newberry – Trienens Galleries
Chicago, IL/USA

September 28, 1pm: Native American Dance and Regalia

October 10, 6pm: Indigenous Artists and the Archives

November 21, 6pm: Indigenous People and the Chicago Portage



September 13 - 15

[hybrid]


International Conference on the Inclusive Museum

Intersectionality: Museums, Inclusion, and SDGs

MuseumsQuartier
Vienna/Austria



September 14 - October 26


Adult Education Class

Reinterpreting Historical Photographs of Native Americans

The Newberry
Chicago, IL/USA



- September 15


Special Exhibition

The Land That Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans

New Britain Museum of American Art
New Britain, CT/USA



- September 15


Special Exhibition

Jeremy Frey: WOVEN

Portland Museum of Art
Portland, ME/USA



September 18
4:00 pm EDT (UTC -4)
22:00h CEST

[hybrid]


Lecture

Writing to Resist: Native Americans Using the Post, 1870s-1890s

Discovery Center, National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC/USA



September 18 - 20


International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS)

Intercultural Encounters: Global perspectives – local contexts

University of Opole
Opole/Poland



September 18 - 22


Meeting of the American Society for Ethnohistory (ASE)

Colonial (dis)Entanglements

North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND/USA



September 19


Symposium

Indigenous Studies Research Network

Institute of Historical Research, Senate House
London/UK



September 19


Italian Association for North American Studies (AISNA) Graduates Conference

“What is an American?” (1782-2024) Narratives and Counternarratives of an Imagined Nation

Centro Studi Americani
Rome/Italy



September 19 - 21


Seminar

Fort Ticonderoga Seminar on the American Revolution

Fort Ticonderoga, NY/USA



September 19 - 21


Canadian Business History Association Conference

Climate and Business/The Business Climate

Banff Centre
Banff, Alberta/Canada



September 19 - 21


Regional Modern Language Association (MLA) Meeting

South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) Meeting

Hotel Monteleone
New Orleans, LA/USA



September 20 - 22


Seminar

Fort Ticonderoga Seminar on the American Revolution

Fort Ticonderoga, NY/USA



September 20 - July 13, 2025


Special Exhibition

Sublime Light: Tapestry Art of DY Begay

National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)
Washington, DC/USA



- September 21


Special Exhibition

Honouring Our Future: Yukon First Nations Graduation

Canada Gallery, Canada House
London, England/UK



September 21
10 am-1 pm PDT (UTC -7)
19:00h-22:00h CEST

[virtual]


Virtual Oral History Workshop

Capturing the Spoken Word

Lawrence B. De Graaf Center for Oral and Public History, California State University
Fullerton, CA/USA



September 23
12:00-1:00 pm EDT (UTC -4)
18:00h-19:00h CEST

[virtual]


Lunch & Learn

Appreciation vs. Appropriation

Tomaquag Museum
Exeter, RI/USA



September 23 - 25


Event

Indigenous Worlds of Wonder (iWoW24) Gathering

UNC Botanical Gardens
Chapel Hill, NC/USA



September 23 - 26

[hybrid]


International Conference

4th Vienna Anthropology Days (VANDA)

Department of Social & Cultural Anthropology, New Institute Building, University of Vienna
Vienna/Austria



September 24 - 26


Annual International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding

Revitalizing Indigenous Languages, Cultures, Cuisines, Histories, and Religions

Westchester Business Center
White Plains, NY/USA



September 24 - 29


Joint Meeting of ICOM-UMAC and UNIVERSEUM

Shaping Transformation. University Collections in a Changing World

TUD Dresden University of Technology
Dresden/Germany



September 24 - October 15


Adult Education Class

Relocation and Native American Self-Determination in Chicago, 1950-1970

The Newberry
Chicago, IL/USA



September 24 - November 19


Adult Education Class

Indigenous Chicago

The Newberry
Chicago, IL/USA



September 25
1:00-2:30 pm MDT (UTC – 6)
21:00h-22:30h CEST

[in-person & virtual]


Scholar Colloquium

Across a Threshold: People, Animals, and Landscapes in Central New Mexico, 1300–1950 CE

School of Advanced Research (SAR)
Santa Fe, NM/USA



September 25 - 27

[hybrid]


Polish Association for American Studies (PAAS) & International American Studies Association (IASA) Conference

American Hospitality

Faculty of Education, University of Bialystok
Bialystok/Poland



September 25 - 27

[hybrid]


The Foundation for Endangered Languages 28th Annual Conference - FELXXVIII 2024

Endangered Languages and Oral Traditions

Allama Iqbal Open University
Islamabad/Pakistan



September 25 - 28


Northern Great Plains History Conference

59th Northern Great Plains History Conference

City Centre Holiday Inn & Downtown Public Library
Sioux Falls, SD/USA



September 26 - 27


PhD Global History of Empires Conference

Within and Beyond Empires: People, Objects, and Ideas (16th-19th Centuries)

University of Turin
Turin/Italy



September 26 - 27


Conversation: An International Online Conference

Intentional Erasures

School of Social Work, Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia/Canada



September 26 - 27


Royal Military College (RMC) History Symposium

History, Memory, and Heritage

Royal Military College (RMC)
Kingston, ON/Canada



September 26 - 28


Workshop

Recording Women in the Early Modern Atlantic World

Texas State University & University of Texas
Austin, TX/USA



September 27
12:00pm (UTC -4)
18:00h CEST

[hybrid]


W. Brent Burgin Lunch and Learn Lecture Series

Laser Beams and Old Maps: Searching Remotely for Archaeology Under Lake Wateree

Native American Studies Center
Lancaster, SC/USA



September 27 - 29


MELOW International Conference

Echoes of the Earth: Interplay of Literature and Landscape

Kathmandu University
Kathmandu/Nepal



September 28


Events & Public Programs

Native American Dance and Regalia

The Newberry
Chicago, IL/USA



- September 28


Special Exhibition

Homage to N. Scott Momaday and Native American cultures of the Plains

Galerie ORENDA
Paris/France



October 02 - 03


Symposium

Imagined Geographies: From Past to Future

New Area Studies Research Centre, University of East Anglia
Norwich, Norfolk/UK



October 02 - 05


Western Literature Association Conference

Speculative Territorializations of New Western Literatures

El Conquistador Hilton Resort
Tucson, AZ/USA



October 03 - 04

[hybrid]


International Anthrozoology Conference

Perspectives of the Human-Animal Relationship

Anthrozoology Research Group & Faculty of Education for Children and Special Educational Needs, University of Debrecen
Debrecen/Hungary



October 03 - 05


International Conference

Preachers, Hearers, Readers and Scribes

Harvard Divinity School and the Congregational Library
Cambridge and Boston, MA/USA



October 03 - 06


American Council for Quebec Studies (ACQS) Conference

23rd Biennial Conference of the American Council for Quebec Studies (ACQS)

Hôtel Le Concorde
Québec City, Quebec/Canada



October 05 - November 01


Special Exhibition

Photography in Motion: A Native Youth Exhibition

Red Earth Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK/USA



- October 06


Special Exhibition

Honouring Our Future: Yukon First Nations Graduation

Canada Gallery, Canada House
London, England/UK


October 09


Indigenous Peoples' Day (USA)



October 09


Greater Tulsa Area Indian Affairs Commission

Native American Day: Weaving a Legacy

Dream Keepers Park
Tulsa, OK/USA



October 09 - 12


National Indian Education Association (NIEA) Convention & Tradeshow

Education Sovereignty: A Declaration of Change

Palm Springs Convention Center
Palm Springs, CA/USA



October 10
6:00-7:00 pm CDT (UTC -5)
October 11, 2024
1:00h-2:00h CEST

[hybrid]


Events & Public Programs

Indigenous Artists and the Archives

The Newberry
Chicago, IL/USA



October 10 - 11


Conference of the Emerging Scholars Forum of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-Speaking Countries (GKS)

Territory, Tension, and Taboo: Canada in Crisis

University of Bremen
Bremen/Germany



October 10 - 12


Gulf South Historical Association Conference

42nd Annual Gulf South History and Humanities Conference

University of West Florida
Pensacola, FL/USA



October 10 - 12


Regional Modern Language Association (MLA) Meeting



October 11 - 12


Conference

11th International Biennial Conference on American Studies

Professor Vakhtang Amaglobeli Center for American Studies, Akaki Tsereteli State University
Kutaisi/Georgia



October 11 - 19


Film Festival

18th Native Spirit Film Festival

London/UK



October 17
6:00-7:30 pm CDT (UTC -5)
October 18, 2024
1:00h-2:30h CEST

[virtual]


D'Arcy McNickle Distinguished Speaker Series

Mapping Indigenous Chicago

The Newberry
Chicago, IL/USA



October 17 - 19


Austrian Association of American Studies (AAAS) Conference

Education, the Arts, and American Studies

University College of Teacher Education Vorarlberg
Feldkirch/Austria



October 17 - 19

[hybrid]


International Council of Museums (ICOM)
International Committee for Audiovisual, New Technologies and Social Media (AVICOM) Annual Conference

News from the Digital Museum World

Turin/Italy



October 18 - 19


Pacific Northwest History Conference

History Everywhere, All at Once

Hilton Portland Downtown
Portland, OR/USA



October 18 - January 10, 2025


Traveling Art Exhibition

Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass

Huntsville Museum of Art
Huntsville, AL/USA



October 19


English and American Literature Association (EALA) Conference

EALA Annual Conference

National Tsing Hua University
Hsinchu/Taiwan



October 21 - 23


Southeastern Museum Conference (SEMC) Annual Meeting

Museums Innovate-Inspire

Baton Rouge, LA/USA



October 23 - 25


American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT) International American Studies Conference

Re* Imaginings and Visions of America

Department of English Language and Literature, Yaşar University
Izmir/Turkey



October 23 - 27


Western History Association (WHA) & Southern Historical Association (SHA) Conference

Free Soil? Migration, Dispossession, and Rising Up on Contested Ground

The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center
Kansas City, MO/USA



October 24
7:00-8:00 pm EDT (UTC -4)
October 24, 2024
1:00h-2:00h am CEST

[virtual]


Fall Lecture

A Nation in Balance: Sovereignty, Earth and the Meaning of Right Relation

Tomaquag Museum
Exeter, RI/USA



- October 24



October 24 - 25


Debrecen University Symposium

Looking Back and Ahead: Exploring Uniquely Canadian Cultural Narratives

Canadian Studies Centre of the Institute of English and American Studies, University of Debrecen
Debrecen /Hungary



October 24 - 26


International PhD and Early Career Conference

Popular Culture and Democracy - Opportunities, Challenges, and the Way Forward

Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), University of Freiburg
Freiburg/Germany



October 24 - 26


Meeting of the Society for the History of Discoveries

Frontiers and Borderlands of Exploration

Menger Hotel on historic Alamo Plaza
San Antonio, TX/USA



October 24 - 26


Conference

For 2026: Virginia's Revolutionary Histories & Beyond

School of Education, William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA/USA



October 24 - 26


Conference of the Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française

MOBILITY, MIGRATION AND CIRCULATION IN FRENCH AMERICA / MOBILITÉ, MIGRATIONS ET CIRCULATIONS EN AMÉRIQUE FRANÇAISE

l’Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française, Université de Montréal
Montréal, Québec/Canada



October 24 - 27


Conference of The Peace and Justice Studies Association

We Are All Connected: Fostering Intersectionality and Solidarity

Justice House Program, Niagara University
Niagara, NY/USA



October 25
12:00pm (UTC -4)
18:00h CEST

[hybrid]


W. Brent Burgin Lunch and Learn Lecture Series

Zooarchaeological Residues of Feasting at the Mississippian Mound Complex 38KE12, South Carolina

Native American Studies Center
Lancaster, SC/USA



October 26


New England Historical Association (NEHA) Meeting

New England Historical Association (NEHA) Fall Meeting

Suffolk University
Boston, MA/USA



October 26 - 27


English • Religious Studies • Anthropology • History (ERAH) Graduate Student Conference

Ways of Knowing

Dedman College of Humanities & Sciences, Southern Methodist University
Dallas TX/USA


October 27


Daylight Saving Time ends in Europe



- October 27


Special Exhibition

Native Prospects: Indigeneity and Landscape

Thomas Cole National Historic Site
Catskill, NY/USA



October 27 - November 01


National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)

81st NCAI Annual Convention & Marketplace

MGM Grand
Las Vegas, NV/USA



October 27 - January 19, 2025


Special Exhibition

Grounded In Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery
Community-Curated Exhibition Prioritizes Pueblo Indian Knowledge and Experience

The Museum of Fine Arts
Houston, TX/USA



October 28
12:00-1:00 pm EDT (UTC -4)
17:00h-18:00h CET

[virtual]


Lunch & Learn



October 28 - 31


American Indigenous Tourism Conference

Cultural Tourism: Changing the Narrative

Paragon Casino Resort, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
Marksville, LA/USA



October 30 - November 02


Oral History Association (OHA) Meeting

Oral History: Bridging Past, Present, and Future

Cincinnati Netherland Plaza
Cincinnati, OH/USA



October 31 - November 02


International Conference

Contested & Erased Energy Knowledges: A Trans-Disciplinary Conference

University of Dundee & University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland/UK



October 31 - November 02


International Conference

Sixteenth Century Society (SCS) Conference

Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Toronto, ON/Canada



October 31 - November 03


Meeting of the Social Science History Association (SSHA)

Trust and Distrust of Historical Sources in the Digital Age

Westin Harbour Castle
Toronto, ON/Canada


November 01 - 30


National American Indian Heritage Month (USA)



November 01 - 02


International Conference

Unearthing, Unseeing: Archaeology, Heritage, and Forensics in the Shadow of State Violence

Cornell University
Ithaka, NY/USA



November 01 - December 31

[in-person & virtual]


Film Festival

Red Nation International Film Festival (RNIFF)

AMC Theater The Grove
Los Angeles, CA/USA

November 1-3, 2024: Virtual Events
November 4-16, 2024: Native Cinema
November 17, 2024: Awards Ceremony
November 18-December 31, 2024: Festival At Home


November 03


Daylight Saving Time ends in North America



November 06 - 09

[hybrid]


Meeting of the American Folklore Society

Crossing the Global Storm: Networks, Solidarities, and Communities in Struggle

Albuquerque, NM/USA



November 06 - 10


Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Meeting

Translation in Action

Margaritaville Resort
Palm Springs, CA/USA



November 07 - 08


PhD/Postgraduate Students Conference

Translating Colonialism? Global Networks of Bible Translation and their Cultural and Linguistic Impact

Westminster College
Cambridge/UK



November 07 - 08


Swiss Association for North American Studies (SANAS) Conference

American Futurisms

University of Geneva
Geneva/Switzerland



November 07 - 09


Interdisciplinary Conference on Race

Race and the Freedom to Learn

Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ/USA



November 08 - 09


Middle Atlantic and New England Council for Canadian Studies (MANECCS) Conference

Settler Colonialism

Hotel 1620
Plymouth, MA/USA



November 08 - 24


Native Voices (Events & Live Performance)

Antíkoni by Beth Piatote

Autry Museum of the American West
Los Angeles, CA/USA